I don't think he even had a chance on that play. Landry was in his face right when he turned around. His worst throw was the short out route intended for Edwards on the second drive. Other than that he has been okay. One drop by Gore, one pass that wasn't really a drop but that did hit Vernon's hands twice and the throw away that you mention. Lets not forget that the Redskins defense is pretty decent.

Staley is too critiqued, honestly. He has shut down Orakpo all day and now Orakpo makes one play and Staley sucks, according to a lot of 49er fans. No one is going to mistake Staley for an elite LT any time soon but he is pretty good and usually only has one or two bad plays a month.

Staley is too critiqued, honestly. He has shut down Orakpo all day and now Orakpo makes one play and Staley sucks, according to a lot of 49er fans. No one is going to mistake Staley for an elite LT any time soon but he is pretty good and usually only has one or two bad plays a month.

Well, to be fair, I didn't say he sucked. I just said "Ughhh" after Orakpo destroyed him on that sack.

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The Brian Sabean sig is no more. I disagreed with you on so many levels. And then you went out and built a dynasty. I am lame.

Yeah, I was more referring to someone on a different message board but I have seen it done here, too. Like against the Lions he got owned on the first play but has been dominant since then, until that sack.

Way too ugly of an game. Glad to get out of there with the W but we were less than impressive and are lucky that the Redskins are so terrible. Everything on our team is on point except we clearly lack a big play passing offense. Its not costing us yet but we're going to need that to compete with teams like the Saints and Packers in the playoffs. Its not all on Alex either, but someone needs to step it up.

That being said, props to the defense, the run game, and another solid day from Special Teams. I also liked seeing Braylon and Crabtree get somewhat involved. And props to Bruce Miller for his first TD, beautiful pass and throw. Culliver had another nice game, unfortunately Aldon didn't record a sack today and seemed invisible. However, the Redskins were getting the ball out quick on checkdowns+ screens, as evidenced by Helu's 14 catches.

On to the next week. Can't complain too much about being 7-1 and having the 2nd best record in the NFL.

Passing game looked just as good as the running game. If Gore makes that catch on the early 3rd down and Davis catches that long ball then Smith ends up with around 240 yards and probably another touchdown. Just need to work on those dropped passes and this offense could be great.

I'll take 200 yards on only 24 pass attempts, especially with two dropped long passes. 8.3 Y/A is pretty good. If those two passes aren't dropped the final is probably something like 29-11, a field goal on one of those drives and a touchdown on the other, with Smith finishing

The team looked a bit off today, but turnovers helped. It looked like things just weren't quite right and they beat a team that isn't very good when it should have been a blowout.

It took a few weeks to get the timing right for the line to get its timing right for the running game to start clicking and it is starting to come together more consistantly for as a pass blocking group as well. Opportunity for a lot more yards is there by just finishing the plays being run. These drops are just killing drives and keeping points off the board and next week is when it could really bite us in the ass.

This week was kind of dress rehearsal for the upcoming teams that can give us problems. I'm glad to see 7-1 with 4 wins in the eastern time zone, but things need to be cleaned to beat three potential playoff teams on our schedule.

It was nice to see a team have to scheme to keep the pass rush at bay by constantly dumping the ball off. Bringing Willis, Bowman and Goldson into play to take Aldon, Justin and Ahmad out isn't the worst trade off. Not many teams have that luxury.

We're 7-1 and im a happy camper. Was hoping the Patriots would win but oh well. Next week's game is huge for us as it will determine whether we finish with the second, third or fourth seed. Happy the Cowboys won against the Seahawks. A 5 game lead is awesome and hopefully, we'll have our division wrapped up before December. :)

Was looking at the schedule and seeding possibilities. Beating the Giants would be huge. I mean huge as they are the one team besides ourselves that can get in the way of a two seed.

That would leave Detroit as the only two loss NFC team and they have both GB games left. Having the head to head on Detroit and NYG as well as the NFC loss tie breaker on all the three loss teams would be nice with two AFC games and the division games left.

So, huge game for controlling destiny. Stupid early to be talking about this, but that should help build the anticipation.

Niner fans were WELL represented at FedEx Field today. You would have thought it was a home game. Beautiful sight to see. I thought we played sub-par on both sides of the ball. The turnovers were the difference. Alex seemed very jittery after the huge hit/sack on the first drive. It was evident from my view and others that he didnt let alot of plays develop in his deeper drops. There were several plays where if he just held the ball a half a second longer, guys would have came open for huge gains. I thought once they started to shorten Beck's drops and went with the short passing game, our D didnt adjust and there were just huge lanes. I keyed in on Aldon alot in the nickel package and he was handled fair easily by Trent Williams. I would like to see Fangio move him around more. So many missed sacks today, frustrating to watch. But still, a victory on the east coast is still something to be proud of. Was a absolute joy to watch my Niners in person, surrounded by a sea of Niner fans. Thinking of making the trip to B-More for Thankgiving.

And that toss-counter is even more impressive in person. Love that play...